The new "Aarhus School of Architecture" is designed to create a new hybrid layout, where a contemporary architectural typology plays with existing old buildings… Ar. Paolo Venturella conceives this Denmark project as a volume that "jumps" over an old brick warehouse creating an original approach to preservation and also organizing exterior and interior functions. Depicting an organic free-flow, the new structure generates an outdoor path from one side to the other. At the same time, it creates two different levels in the interior space: at the lower level are placed common facilities, such as workshops, exhibition, shops and a ci¬vic kitchen, where students and citizens easily meet each other, while at the upper level are meeting rooms, offices, admi¬nistration, staff and storage. The sloping surface is used for the most representative and characteristic space: a huge "Urban steps". This works as a filter between common and private spaces, where one finds the auditorium for lecturing, the hall for teaching and presenting, the M-lab and the workspaces for showing to visitors, what students research and how they work. The warehouse is reformed and used for the residencies of artists, craftmen and temporary visitors. In this way, the function of the residen¬cies is kept detached from the activities of the school. The new university preserves the industrial heritage of the area and creates a new urban reality for the city. Click here to view the images on indiaartndesign.com
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